Singapore-based Sembcorp is looking at acquisitions of solar and wind energy projects in India as it chases a strategic goal to shift its portfolio from brown to green by quadrupling renewable energy capacity. Sembcorp, which has invested about Singapore dollar 6.5 billion (about Rs 35,000 crore) in electricity-generating projects in India, is open to buying […]
Test-Bedding Technologies Crucial to Accelerating Solar Deployment: Experts
SINGAPORE : The world has set its sights on soaking up more sunshine to reduce the use of fossil fuels, but deploying solar panels is not just a matter of plug and play. Solar energy systems often need to be tested first, so they can be fine-tuned before widespread deployment, where mistakes are more costly […]
Maxeon Solar Technologies Announces Changes to Board of Directors
SINGAPORE : Maxeon Solar Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ:MAXN) (the Company), a global leader in solar innovation and channels, today announced the appointment of Steve Leonard as an independent non-executive director to Maxeon’s board of directors, effective June 7, 2021. Mr. Leonard is an international leader with more than 30 years of private and public sector experience […]
Singapore Places $1.8 Billion For Green Investments
At a news conference on Wednesday, Ravi Menon, managing director of Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said the funds were placed from Singapore’s official foreign reserves as part of the central bank’s green investment program. Singapore’s central bank has allocated $1.8 billion with five asset managers as part of moves to protect its portfolio from […]
3 Primary Schools in Punggol Start Tapping on Solar Power as Part of Carbon-Neutral Push
SINGAPORE: Three primary schools in Punggol have begun tapping on electricity generated from solar panels as Singapore moves towards its target for at least 20 per cent of schools to be carbon-neutral by 2030. Rooftop solar systems were installed at Horizon Primary School, Compassvale Primary School and Edgefield Primary School at the end of April, […]
Methylammonium-Free Perovskite Solar Cell With Slot-Die Coating, 18% Efficiency
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and Université Grenoble Alpes in France have combined a slot-die coating technique with gas quenching and substrate heating to fabricate a perovskite solar cell with an active area of over 0.09 cm2 and a power conversion efficiency of 18%. Gas quenching is used primarily in connection with hardening […]
Sembcorp to Quadruple Renewables Capacity to 10 GW by 2025
Singapore-based Sembcorp Industries Ltd (SGX:U96) today unveiled a strategic plan to shift its portfolio from brown to green that includes quadrupling renewable energy capacity to 10 GW by 2025 from 2.6 GW in 2020. The company, which following the demerger with Sembcorp Marine in September 2020 is a focused energy and urban business, currently has […]
Singapore and Sweden Can Help Each Other in Sustainable-Related Businesses
Speaking at the Sweden-Southeast Asia Business Reset Summit 2021 on 25 May, Singapore’s Trade and Industry Minister Gan Kim Yong said that Singapore and Sweden can help each other in sustainable-related businesses. The Hybrid event was the 3rd edition of the Sweden-Southeast Asia Business Summit by Team Sweden and this year the event focused on […]
Maxeon Solar lands 1-GW Module Supply Contract in Nevada
Singapore-based Maxeon Solar Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ:MAXN) has won an order to supply about 1 GW of bifacial modules for the Gemini solar-plus-storage project near Las Vegas in Nevada. Primergy Solar LLC, a portfolio company of Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, has contracted the SunPower spin-off to deliver almost 1.8 million shingled bifacial Performance 5 UPP solar panels […]
DBS, SGX, Standard Chartered and Temasek to Take Climate Action Through Global Carbon Exchange and Marketplace
DBS, SGX, Standard Chartered and Temasek to develop a carbon exchange and marketplace, Climate Impact X; providing organisations with high-quality carbon credits to address hard-to-abate emissions Climate Impact X will use satellite monitoring, machine learning and blockchain technology to enhance transparency, integrity and quality of carbon credits. Forged as a result of Singapore’s Emerging Stronger […]
